Live, die, repeat -- the tagline for the 2014 science-fiction film Edge of Tomorrow -- describes its protagonist, who "respawned" every time he died in the real world. Critics noted that the conceit resembled the cyclical experience of playing a video game, in which dying resets a staged arrangement of obstacles. Often these are enemies, and the most common way they're surpassed is by the player violently dispatching them. Some games have kept this as cartoonish as Mario jumping on a Goomba's head, but others strive for vivid action and more-lifelike foes to pit the player against. But we know what enemies look like today -- how will we treat them in the games to come?

Full article on Engadget's website.

Want to know what the state of Connecticut has spent money on in almost real-time? Or maybe you’d find visualizations for the White House’s recently released 2017 federal budget useful. Maybe you’d be into seeing health reports for every restaurant entry on Yelp, instead.

Socrata, creator of custom data systems for civic departments and federal agencies, is the company behind those possibilities...

Full article on Fast Company's website.

Facing poverty, a language barrier, and an inattentive NYPD, East New York’s Bangladeshi community struggles to make its own way...

Full article on BKLYNR's website.